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Renewal: Christian Treatment & Recover, a faith-based mental health program from Brookhaven Hospital

· understanding your needs
· healing the hurt
· finding the help


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RENEWAL: Christian Treatment & Recovery is a Brookhaven Hospital program. For more information, contact us at:

Brookhaven Hospital
201 S. Garnett Rd.
Tulsa, OK 74128
888-298-HOPE
Fax: 918-438-8016
wecanhelp@brookhavenhospital.com

 

 

Renewal Seminar Snapshots

"Virtuous Care: The Use of Virtue in Pastoral Counseling"

Presenter: Robert Wester, MDIV MA

Date: Thursday, April 27, 2006

Synopsis:

In his presentation, Robert Wester, MDIV MA presented ministry professionals with historical, theoretical and practical guides to incorporate faith, hope and love into church based counseling. He encouraged pastors, chaplains and clergy to continue to aid in the development of counseling methods by incorporating biblical foundations into the therapeutic process. Robert Wester used materials by anthropologists, oncologists, geneticists, psychiatrists and ministry leaders to substantiate his presentation's premise.

Click below to view seminar handouts and audio:

Virtuous Care: The Use of Virtue in Patoral Counseling" (pdf- 184 KB)

Audio Presentation: Renewal by Chaplain Wester (mp3- 1.3 MB)

 

 

  

Speaker Profile

Robert Wester, MDIV MA is Senior Chaplain at Brookhaven Hospital and the RENEWAL programs. He has worked with homeless men for 11 years as the Pastoral Counselor and Program manager at the John 3:16 Mission in Tulsa Oklahoma. He has served on a number of advocacy boards for the homeless and mentally ill and co-chaired the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Advisory of Tulsa. He developed and coordinates care for homeless men in the New Life Recovery Program for the John 3:16 Mission. This program reintegrates men with a wide variety of issues back into the community.